Hasp plate for trunk locks



Dec. 15, 1931. J KOMENAK 1,836,759

HASP PLATE FOR TRUNK LOCKS Filed May 31, 1950 EEE: L' EE;E

u /for ez/ Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT J. KOMENAK, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, A SSIGN'OR TO THE EXGELSIOB, HARDWARE (30., F STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT HASP PLATE roa TRUNK LOCKS Application filed May 31,

This invention relates to trunk looks, but more particularly has reference to the plate that is secured to the lid of the trunk and which carries a hasp member.

The invention refers solely to the plate and not to the hasp member, and therefore the description hereinafter to be made will refer solely to the construction of the plate itself.

The object of the invention is to provide a structure which shall have a broad area of contact with the fabric of the trunk lid and in which there are no parts that will dig into the fabric of the lid when the plate is F riveted to the latter.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and then specifically referred to in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which show a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the plate as it appears when secured to the lid of a trunk- Figure 2 is a section at the line 2-2 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a section at the line 8-3 0 Figure 1 Figure 4 is a detail elevation of the inside of the inner shell, and

Figure 5 is a detail elevation of the inside of the outer shell.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 is the inner shell and 2 the outer shell which have respectively flanged perimeters 3, 4, that extends at right angles to the faces 5, 6, of the shells. r

The face of the inner shell has openings 7 sufiiciently large to allow the heads 8 of rivets 9 to be introduced therethrough for the purpose presently to be explained.

Extending from the lower edge of the shell 1 and in spaced relation are fingers 10 that are bent inwardly parallel with the face 5 and are pierced, as shown at 11.

The lower edge of the outer shell 2 has curved outwardly extending recessed parts 12 that are spaced apart and have extending from their lower edges fingers 13 which pro- 1930. Serial No. 458,547.

ject within the shell 2 and coincide, in assembledrelation, with the fingers 10, and these fingers 13 are pierced as shown at 14, the piercings 11 and 14 being directly opposite the large openings 7, so that the rivets 9 may be inserted through these piercings with their heads 8 against the fingers 10, the outer extremities of these rivets being passed through holes 15 in the outer shell and then headed, as shown at 16 directly against the face of said shell.

17 represents the fabric of the lid of the trunk, and when the plate as a whole is applied to the face of said fabric, the flanged perimeter 3 of the inner shell will be in abutment with the inner wall of the face 6 of the outer shell, and the face 5 of the inner shell will project beyond the edge of the flanged perimeter 4 of the outer shell, so that when the plate is secured to the trunk fabric by means of the usual rivets 18, the sole contact of the plate with the trunk fabric will be throughout the broad area of the face of the inner shell, and it will be impossible for the flanged perimeter of the outer shell to dig into or contact with the fabric of the trunk, and therefore it will be impossible for the plate to become loosened.

It will be obvious that any structure which, when applied to the fabric of the lid, digs into the latter, will become loosened, and therefore it will be clear that the present invention not only overcomes this defect, but also affords a broad and stable contact of the structure as a whole with the fabric of the trunk.

The curved recesses 12 at the lower edge of the outer shell afford housings for a pintle 19 around which a hasp may be swung.

The riveting of the shells together in the manner hereinbefore described not only affords a simple assembly of the two shells with the outer face of the inner shell extending beyond the flanged edge of the outer shell, but also gives added strength to the structure. I

'What is claimed is 1. A hasp plate for a trunk lock, comprising a metal shell whose face merges into a flanged perimeter, pierced fingers extending from the lower portion inside the shell and spaced therefrom, a second metal shell having a flanged perimeter assembled within the first named shell and having pierced fingers likewise extending within the shell and coinciding with the first named fingers, the fingers of the inner shell being riveted through the other fingers to the outer shell, and the face of the innershell projecting beyond the flange of the outer shell.

2. A hasp plate for a trunk lock, comprising flanged metal shells nested one within the other with their faces outermost, said shells each having integral coinciding pierced fingers extending inside the shells andspaced therefrom, said shells being secured together by rivets passed through said fingers and outer shell and headed to the latter.

3. A hasp plate for a trunk lock, comprisingctwoflanged shellsnesting one within the other with their faces outermost and the face of the inner shell-extended beyond the flange of the outer shell, each shell having a pairof pierced fingers integral'with the lower portions and extending in coinciding relation, said fingers being spaced from the inner face walls of'their respective shells, and said shells being secured together "by'rivets passed through the'fingers and the outer shell and headed against the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature hereto.

ALBERT J. KOMENAK. 

